Ndiza Lodge and Cabanas
B&B rooms and cabanas · St Lucia town, on the park edge (no gate fee) · Ndiza Lodge
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Budget
Inside the park
Ownership unconfirmed
A lodge of four B&B rooms and four cabanas for 24 guests on the edge of St Lucia town where it meets the gated park, with two pools, a lapa, wifi and air-conditioning. LekkeSlaap lists it from R1,818 a night for two. 'Borders the park' here means the town edge: it is in the town enclave, so there is no gate fee to reach it, and you still pay at Bhangazi Gate for the Eastern Shores. The listing does not say who owns it. Choose it for space and two pools at a budget price.
Pros and cons
Pros
- From R1,818 for two
- Two pools and a lapa
- Air-conditioning and wifi
- Choice of rooms or cabanas
Cons
- Directory price, season not stated
- Meal plan of the cabanas not stated
- Ownership not stated
What's here
- Swimming pool
- Wi-Fi
We could not reach a website for Ndiza Lodge and Cabanas, so this list is incomplete by definition. Ask them directly.
What the park charges on top
The rate above buys you a bed. iSimangaliso Wetland Park charges its own entry fee for every day you are inside. Here is what that adds up to.
- Park entryGate fee and conservation levy plus the R12 accommodation levy, counted per day because no official document says whether multi-night guests pay the gate fee once.
- $9per person, per day
- VehicleR74 car fee, counted per day for the same reason.
- $5per vehicle, per day
Three nights means three days inside, so two adults sharing one vehicle pay $69 in park fees before anyone pays for a bed.
Sleeping inside the boundary is what keeps that low. Overnight guests add the R12 accommodation levy per night, against $8 a day for anyone driving in from outside.
These are the 2024/25 rates, which expired on 30 November 2025; no newer table has been published. Sodwana, the Coastal Forest and Kosi Bay charge about half (R71 per international adult). Lodges in St Lucia town are outside every gate.
The full fee schedule for iSimangaliso Wetland ParkRates at Ndiza Lodge and Cabanas
From $56 pppn (reseller rate). LekkeSlaap, read 24 September 2026: R1,818 per night for two (R1,728 discounted). No gate fee to reach St Lucia town. VAT treatment is not stated.
What the rate covers is not confirmed. We do not know yet whether meals, drinks and activities are included, so read this as the bed only.
Every figure on this page is in US dollars.
Rates checked against the research dossier of 24 September 2026. State-camp prices come from Ezemvelo KZN Wildlife's 2023/24 tariff (1 November 2023 to 31 October 2024), the last official camp tariff that could be read; treat them as a floor, because iSimangaliso has published none since it took the camps over on 1 March 2026. Thonga Beach Lodge, Kosi Forest Lodge, Coral Divers, Mabibi Beach Camp and Umlilo Lodge are priced from their own sites. Every figure marked 'reseller rate' comes from SA-Venues, LekkeSlaap, Siyabona or a booking agent, uses that site's 'from' price, and usually prices a room for two; we halve it to give a per-person figure. Dollar figures use R16.36 to the dollar (24 September 2026) and are rounded. Gate fees are extra everywhere except in St Lucia town: R62 per South African adult and R130 per international adult at the dearest gates on the 2024/25 table, which expired on 30 November 2025 with no successor published.
Questions about Ndiza Lodge and Cabanas
Is Ndiza Lodge inside iSimangaliso?
It is in St Lucia town, which lies inside the park's outer boundary with no gate. The gated Eastern Shores start at Bhangazi Gate, about 2 km north of town.
What does Ndiza cost?
LekkeSlaap lists R1,818 a night for two (R1,728 discounted).
Is Ndiza good for families?
Eight units sleep 24. We found no published child policy.